2002 Upper Deck Ballpark Idols

Description

2002 Upper Deck Ballpark Idols is a 245-card set. The product is less remembered for the card set; rather, each Hobby box contained one bobblehead doll.

The last 45 cards are short-printed and serial-numbered to 1750 copies.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs plus one "Bobber" per box, 5 cards per pack (MSRP: $3).

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	245	-	?
short set	200	-	?
Rookies	45	1750	?
Bronze	245	100	?
Gold	245	25	?
Bobbers	58	-	one-per-box
Bobbers Gold	4	varies	?
Playmakers 2002	20	-	1:6
Figure Heads	10	-	1:12
Field Garb Jerseys	13	-	1:72
Player's Club Jerseys	13	-	1:72
Uniform Sluggers Jerseys	12	-	1:72
Signed Bobbers	21	-	1:14/boxes

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Troy Glaus
• 2 Kevin Appier
• 3 Darin Erstad
• 4 Garret Anderson
• 5 Brad Fullmer
• 6 Tim Salmon
• 7 Eric Chavez
• 8 Tim Hudson
• 9 David Justice
• 10 Barry Zito
• 11 Miguel Tejada
• 12 Mark Mulder
• 13 Jermaine Dye
• 14 Carlos Delgado
• 15 Jose Cruz
• 16 Brandon Lyon
• 17 Shannon Stewart
• 18 Eric Hinske
• 19 Chris Carpenter
• 20 Greg Vaughn
• 21 Tanyon Sturtze
• 22 Jason Tyner
• 23 Toby Hall
• 24 Ben Grieve
• 25 Jim Thome
• 26 Omar Vizquel
• 27 Ricky Gutierrez
• 28 C.C. Sabathia
• 29 Ellis Burks
• 30 Matt Lawton
• 31 Milton Bradley
• 32 Edgar Martinez
• 33 Ichiro Suzuki
• 34 Bret Boone
• 35 Freddy Garcia
• 36 Mike Cameron
• 37 John Olerud
• 38 Kazuhiro Sasaki
• 39 Jeff Cirillo
• 40 Jeff Conine
• 41 Marty Cordova
• 42 Tony Batista
• 43 Jerry Hairston
• 44 Jason Johnson
• 45 David Segui
• 46 Alex Rodriguez
• 47 Rafael Palmeiro
• 48 Carl Everett
• 49 Chan Ho Park
• 50 Ivan Rodriguez
• 51 Juan Gonzalez
• 52 Hank Blalock
• 53 Manny Ramirez
• 54 Pedro Martinez
• 55 Tony Clark
• 56 Nomar Garciaparra
• 57 Johnny Damon
• 58 Trot Nixon
• 59 Rickey Henderson
• 60 Mike Sweeney
• 61 Neifi Perez
• 62 Joe Randa
• 63 Carlos Beltran
• 64 Chuck Knoblauch
• 65 Michael Tucker
• 66 Dean Palmer
• 67 Bobby Higginson
• 68 Dmitri Young
• 69 Randall Simon
• 70 Mitch Meluskey
• 71 Damion Easley
• 72 Joe Mays
• 73 Doug Mientkiewicz
• 74 Corey Koskie
• 75 Brad Radke
• 76 Cristian Guzman
• 77 Torii Hunter
• 78 Eric Milton
• 79 Frank Thomas
• 80 Paul Konerko
• 81 Mark Buehrle
• 82 Magglio Ordonez
• 83 Carlos Lee
• 84 Joe Crede
• 85 Derek Jeter
• 86 Bernie Williams
• 87 Mike Mussina
• 88 Jorge Posada
• 89 Roger Clemens
• 90 Jason Giambi
• 91 Alfonso Soriano
• 92 Rondell White
• 93 Jeff Bagwell
• 94 Lance Berkman
• 95 Roy Oswalt
• 96 Richard Hidalgo
• 97 Wade Miller
• 98 Craig Biggio
• 99 Greg Maddux
• 100 Chipper Jones
• 101 Gary Sheffield
• 102 Rafael Furcal
• 103 Andruw Jones
• 104 Vinny Castilla
• 105 Marcus Giles
• 106 Tom Glavine
• 107 Richie Sexson
• 108 Geoff Jenkins
• 109 Glendon Rusch
• 110 Eric Young
• 111 Ben Sheets
• 112 Alex Sanchez
• 113 Albert Pujols
• 114 J.D. Drew
• 115 Matt Morris
• 116 Jim Edmonds
• 117 Tino Martinez
• 118 Scott Rolen
• 119 Edgar Renteria
• 120 Sammy Sosa
• 121 Kerry Wood
• 122 Moises Alou
• 123 Jon Lieber
• 124 Fred McGriff
• 125 Juan Cruz
• 126 Alex Gonzalez
• 127 Corey Patterson
• 128 Randy Johnson
• 129 Luis Gonzalez
• 130 Steve Finley
• 131 Matt Williams
• 132 Curt Schilling
• 133 Mark Grace
• 134 Craig Counsell
• 135 Shawn Green
• 136 Kevin Brown
• 137 Hideo Nomo
• 138 Paul Lo Duca
• 139 Brian Jordan
• 140 Eric Karros
• 141 Adrian Beltre
• 142 Vladimir Guerrero
• 143 Fernando Tatis
• 144 Javier Vazquez
• 145 Orlando Cabrera
• 146 Tony Armas
• 147 Jose Vidro
• 148 Barry Bonds
• 149 Rich Aurilia
• 150 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
• 151 Jeff Kent
• 152 Russ Ortiz
• 153 Jason Schmidt
• 154 Reggie Sanders
• 155 Preston Wilson
• 156 Luis Castillo
• 157 Charles Johnson
• 158 Josh Beckett
• 159 Derrek Lee
• 160 Mike Lowell
• 161 Mike Piazza
• 162 Roberto Alomar
• 163 Al Leiter
• 164 Mo Vaughn
• 165 Jeromy Burnitz
• 166 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 167 Roger Cedeno
• 168 Ryan Klesko
• 169 Brian Lawrence
• 170 Sean Burroughs
• 171 Phil Nevin
• 172 Ramon Vazquez
• 173 Mark Kotsay
• 174 Marlon Anderson
• 175 Mike Lieberthal
• 176 Bob Abreu
• 177 Pat Burrell
• 178 Robert Person
• 179 Brandon Duckworth
• 180 Jimmy Rollins
• 181 Brian Giles
• 182 Pokey Reese
• 183 Kris Benson
• 184 Aramis Ramirez
• 185 Jason Kendall
• 186 Kip Wells
• 187 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 188 Adam Dunn
• 189 Barry Larkin
• 190 Sean Casey
• 191 Austin Kearns
• 192 Aaron Boone
• 193 Todd Helton
• 194 Juan Pierre
• 195 Mike Hampton
• 196 Jose Ortiz
• 197 Larry Walker
• 198 Juan Uribe
• 199 Ichiro CL
• 200 Jason Giambi CL

Rookies

Each Rookie subset card is serial-numbered to 1750 copies.

• 201 Franklyn German RC
• 202 Rodrigo Rosario RC
• 203 Brandon Puffer RC
• 204 Kirk Saarloos RC
• 205 Chris Baker RC*
• 206 John Ennis RC
• 207 Luis Martinez RC
• 208 So Taguchi RC
• 209 Mike Crudale RC
• 210 Francis Beltran RC
• 211 Brandon Backe RC
• 212 Felix Escalona RC
• 213 Jose Valverde RC
• 214 Doug Devore RC
• 215 Kazuhisa Ishii RC
• 216 Victor Alvarez RC
• 217 Ron Calloway RC
• 218 Eric Good RC*
• 219 Jorge Nunez RC*
• 220 Deivis Santos
• 221 Nelson Castro RC*
• 222 Matt Thornton RC
• 223 Jason Simontacchi RC
• 224 Hansel Izquierdo RC
• 225 Tyler Yates RC
• 226 Jaime Cerda RC
• 227 Satoru Komiyama RC
• 228 Steve Bechler RC
• 229 Ben Howard RC
• 230 Todd Donovan RC*
• 231 Jorge Padilla RC
• 232 Eric Junge RC
• 233 Anderson Machado RC
• 234 Adrian Burnside RC*
• 235 Mike Gonzalez RC
• 236 Josh Hancock RC
• 237 Anastacio Martinez RC
• 238 Chris Booker RC
• 239 Rene Reyes RC
• 240 Cam Esslinger RC*
• 241 Oliver Perez RC
• 242 Tim Kalita RC*
• 243 Kevin Frederick RC
• 244 Mitch Wylie RC*
• 245 Edwin Almonte RC

Parallels

All 245 base cards are available in the following parallels.

• Bronze (serial-numbered to 100)
• Gold (serial-numbered to 25)

Inserts

Bobbers

Each Hobby box contained one "Bobber" doll. Each player has two Bobbers: Home and Away. The Away Bobbers are easier to find than the Homes.

• 1 Roberto Alomar A Mets
• 2 Roberto Alomar H SP Mets
• 3 Jeff Bagwell Astros
• 4 Josh Beckett A Marlins
• 5 Josh Beckett H SP Marlins
• 6 Barry Bonds A Giants
• 7 Barry Bonds H SP Giants
• 8 Sean Burroughs A Padres
• 9 Sean Burroughs H SP Padres
• 10 Roger Clemens BOS SP Red Sox
• 11 Roger Clemens NYY A Yankees
• 12 Roger Clemens NYY H SP Yankees
• 13 Joe DiMaggio A Yankees
• 14 Joe DiMaggio H Yankees
• 15 Nomar Garciaparra A Red Sox
• 16 Nomar Garciaparra H SP Red Sox
• 17 Jason Giambi A Yankees
• 18 Jason Giambi H SP Yankees
• 19 Luis Gonzalez A Diamondbacks
• 20 Luis Gonzalez H SP Diamondbacks
• 21 Ken Griffey, Jr. SEA SP Mariners
• 22 Ken Griffey, Jr. A Reds
• 23 Ken Griffey, Jr. H SP Reds
• 24 Vladimir Guerrero Expos
• 25 Kazuhisa Ishii A Dodgers
• 26 Kazuhisa Ishii H SP Dodgers
• 27 Derek Jeter A SP Yankees
• 28 Derek Jeter H SP Yankees
• 29 Randy Johnson ARI Diamondbacks
• 30 Randy Johnson MTL Expos
• 31 Chipper Jones Braves
• 32 Greg Maddux Braves
• 33 Mickey Mantle A Yankees
• 34 Mickey Mantle H SP Yankees
• 35 Mark McGwire OAK SP Athletics
• 36 Mark McGwire A Cardinals
• 37 Mark McGwire H SP Cardinals
• 38 Mike Piazza LA SP Dodgers
• 39 Mike Piazza NYM Mets
• 40 Mark Prior A Cubs
• 41 Mark Prior H SP Cubs
• 42 Albert Pujols A Cardinals
• 43 Albert Pujols H SP Cardinals
• 44 Alex Rodriguez A Rangers
• 45 Alex Rodriguez H SP Rangers
• 46 Ivan Rodriguez A Rangers
• 47 Ivan Rodriguez H SP Rangers
• 48 Curt Schilling ARI Diamondbacks
• 49 Curt Schilling BAL SP Orioles
• 50 Sammy Sosa CHC A Cubs
• 51 Sammy Sosa CHC H SP Cubs
• 52 Sammy Sosa TEX SP Rangers
• 53 Ichiro A Mariners
• 54 Ichiro H SP Mariners
• 55 Frank Thomas A White Sox
• 56 Frank Thomas H SP White Sox
• 57 Jim Thome A Indians
• 58 Jim Thome H SP Indians

Gold

Each Gold Bobber is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.

• 1 Joe DiMaggio A 56
• 2 Joe DiMaggio H 41
• 3 Mickey Mantle A 77
• 4 Mickey Mantle H 61

Figure-Heads

• F1 Ichiro Suzuki
• F2 Sammy Sosa
• F3 Alex Rodriguez
• F4 Jason Giambi
• F5 Barry Bonds
• F6 Chipper Jones
• F7 Mike Piazza
• F8 Derek Jeter
• F9 Nomar Garciaparra
• F10 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Playmakers

• P1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• P2 Alex Rodriguez
• P3 Sammy Sosa
• P4 Derek Jeter
• P5 Mike Piazza
• P6 Jason Giambi
• P7 Barry Bonds
• P8 Frank Thomas
• P9 Randy Johnson
• P10 Chipper Jones
• P11 Jeff Bagwell
• P12 Vladimir Guerrero
• P13 Albert Pujols
• P14 Nomar Garciaparra
• P15 Ichiro Suzuki
• P16 Troy Glaus
• P17 Ivan Rodriguez
• P18 Carlos Delgado
• P19 Greg Maddux
• P20 Todd Helton

Autographs & Game-Used

Signed Bobbers

AR-A Alex Rodriguez

AR-H Alex Rodriguez

FT-A Frank Thomas

FT-H Frank Thomas

IR-A Ivan Rodriguez

IR-H Ivan Rodriguez

IS-A Ichiro

IS-H Ichiro

JB-A Josh Beckett

JB-H Josh Beckett

JG-A Jason Giambi

JG-H Jason Giambi

JT-A Jim Thome

JT-H Jim Thome

LG-A Luis Gonzalez

LG-H Luis Gonzalez

MP-A Mark Prior

MP-H Mark Prior

RA-A Roberto Alomar

RA-H Roberto Alomar

SB-A Sean Burroghs

SB-H Sean Burroghs

KG-M-A Ken Griffey Jr

KG-R-A Ken Griffey Jr

KG-R-H Ken Griffey Jr

RC-R-A Roger Clemens

RC-Y-A Roger Clemens

RC-Y-H Roger Clemens

SS-C-A Sammy Sosa

SS-C-H Sammy Sosa

SS-R-A Sammy Sosa

MMc-A-H Mark McGwire

MMc-C-A Mark McGwire

MMc-C-H Mark McGwire

Field Garb

FG-AR Alex Rodriguez

FG-BG Brian Giles

FG-BZ Barry Zito

FG-IR Ivan Rodriguez

FG-JK Jeff Kent

FG-JO John Olerud

FG-LW Larry Walker

FG-MS Mike Sweeney

FG-RJ Randy Johnson

FG-RV Robin Ventura

FG-TB Tony Batista

FG-TM Tino Martinez

Player's Club

• PC-AJ Andruw Jones
• PC-CS Curt Schilling
• PC-DE Darin Erstad
• PC-HN Hideo Nomo
• PC-IS Ichiro Suzuki SP
• PC-JK Jason Kendall
• PC-JT Jim Thome
• PC-KB Kevin Brown
• PC-MM Mark McGwire SP
• PC-MO Magglio Ordonez
• PC-PN Phil Nevin
• PC-RF Rafael Furcal
• PC-TH Tim Hudson

Uniform Sluggers

• US-AR Alex Rodriguez
• US-BW Bernie Williams
• US-CJ Chipper Jones
• US-JB Jeff Bagwell
• US-JGI Jason Giambi
• US-JGO Juan Gonzalez
• US-KG Ken Griffey, Jr. SP
• US-MM Mickey Mantle SP
• US-MP Mike Piazza
• US-SG Shawn Green
• US-SS Sammy Sosa SP
• US-TH Todd Helton